Trousers-support.



No. 851,930. PATBNTED APR. 30, 19.07. D. GREENBBRGER.

TROUSERS SUPPORT. Arrmonlon FILED 0011a, 1006.

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TROUSERS-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patentv Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed October 18, 1906. Serial No. 339,525,

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, DAVID GREENBERGER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Guyahoga and State ofOhio, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Trousers-Supports; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garmentsupports and particularly to a device for suspending trousers at thewaist of the wearer.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich will be simple in construction, comfortable to the wearer andcapable of being readily detached from or attached to the garment.

My invention consists in providing a series of metallic plates arrangedto be secured at the waist line of a garment for forming guides orsupports for a belt, two of which are lo cated so as to rest upon thehips and are formed so as to conform to the curvature of the waist andthe upper surface of the hips.

My invention also consists in the features of construction andcombination of parts as described in the specification, pointed out inthe claims and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings.

n the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a view of a portion of a air oftrousers provided with my improve supporting device. Fig. 2 is a view ofone of the hip plates showing the face which lies against the garment.Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig.4 is a top view of the same.Figs. and 6 are sectional views of asecuring device which may be usedfor fastening the plates in position.

Again referring to the drawings 1 represents the garment to which thesupporting device is secured. At suitable intervals at the back andfront on the inside of the garment at the waist straps 2 which serve tocarry the belt 3 so that by tightening the belt the garment will becaused to fit snugly around the waist of the wearer.

4 indicates the hip plates which are arranged to be secured to thegarment at the inside so as to rest securely on the hips so that thegarment will hang properly from the line are secured metallic Y I hipsand the weight thereof will be taken from the other parts of the body.

The plates 4 are formed of any suitable material but preferably of sheetmetal. Each plate is curved at its upper portion to conform to thecurvature of the waist line and the lower portion is curved to conformto the upper surface of the hips. Each plate is also preferably taperedtoward the top thus doing away with any sharp points or corners. Theplate is cut away at its bottom edge as at 5 to accommodate the sideseam on the trousers so that the plate will lie flat. At the center andextending across the face of the plate which is next to the garment isformed a recess 6 for receiving the belt 3. A tongue 7 is struck up fromthe material of the plate and extends down over the recess and isdesigned to hold the belt in the recess. Near the top of the plate isformed a hook or projection 9 which is designed to engage withandsupport an undergarment. This hook is preferably formed by cutting aslot in the plate near the top and then bending the tongue thus formedbackward out of the plane of the rest of the plate. Around the edge ofthe plate is formed a series of small holes 10 through which thread maybe passed for stitching the plate to the garment thus securing the platepermanently in position. A number of larger holes 11 are also formed inthe plate through which the shank portions of detachable buttons may bepassed when it is desired to detachably secure the plate in positioninstead of sewing it on. A button suit able for this purpose is shown inFigs. 5 and 6. Near the top-of each plate 4 is formed an opening 13through which the end of a watch chain may be passed thus providing asecure way of attaching the watch to the person of the wearer. l WVhat Iclaim is 1. In a device of the characterindicated, the combination witha garment and a belt of a pair of hip plates means for securing said)lates to the garment immediately over the hips and means for supportingthe undergarments from said plates, substantially as described and forthe purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the character indicated the combination with a garmentof a pair of thin metallic plates shaped to conform to the l curvatureof the body immediately above the hips, each of said plates beingprovided I specification, in the presence of two Wii with a series ofholes for stitching or othernesses. Wise securing said plates to thegarment, a strap receiving recess, a tongue for holding v 5 the strap insaid recess and means for sup Witnesses:

porting the undergarment from said plate. VICTOR O. LYNCH, In testimonywhereof, I sign the foregoing N. L. MGDONNELL.

DAVID GREEN BERGER.

